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tTHE iilE-to y<»r all RED CROSS ■ CAN CARRY ONI LUMES8 CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROUNA, FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 1947 )nhaw Delegation . Considering Support Of Bill To Raise Teachers Salaries ONEL SUMMNER WATTE PRESENTED WITH THE legion of honor award _____ ' I rated By Beinf Named • Commander. Of Famed Unit den and South Carolina clt^ are congratulating Colonel t Waite of the regular armr onors recelTed from the I government. nel Waite, who married Miss »th Garrison of this city, was ted by the French govem- being made a commander of gipn of Honor. The title was red at exercises held at the 1 embassy in Washington, nel Waite, who held the ary rank of brigadier general wartime, served with Gen- eGaulle and it was for this e was remembered by the I government. He was the representative at DeGaulle’s larters. Admiral Stark was ivy’s. )And when DeOaulle to the United States, Gen- 7aite was his military aide ip. nel Waite, who has been*on lonths leave and has been ' in Camden, has been as- to Sixth army headquarters I Pacific coast with station j •t Lewis, Wash. He leaves' 5 to take up his new duties. 1 i’alte will join him In the ater. * nel Waite Is very popular In Carolina and while he was ilsewhere Is considered a Carolinian by his frlej.d8, ! To Broadcast olina Classic m Springdale Uce WiU Be Deacribexi fcr The Air Wawee 19 Oasses WUI Be Shown PubKc At Horse Show Camden Classic At Marion duPont Scott Ring on March 22 Ing again been granted the ive origination ot the Caro> op races M Camden,, osdeast tnl featim rach on ly aftemo<m, MarSh ti. separate program are being I by the WtS program de nt, one at 1:15 p. m., when nembers Christie ZlmmM*- nd Prank Harden will de- the “color” of the tradition- ilc, and will conduct inter- wlth well-known personall tending the meet, and an* t 2:45, featuring the actual :e of the feature race. >gements for the exclusive rigination were made by n Director Ray Furr and Chief Frank Harden, In co- m with Harrjr Klrkovar, 1 racing enthuaiut, and ’Skipper” Heath, spmrts edl- 'he Chronicle. ^ 5WS short wave equipment SUtlon WENL—and re* sntrol apparatus will be in the broadcast, according f Engineer Herbert Eldaon, Is expected that the engin* >f the actual "on*the-acene** Rt will be supervised by Stndio Control Engineer Bell.—^Wisdom. LEGION NOTES The thirty-fourth annual presen tation of the Camden horse show will be held at the Marion duPont Scott show ring on Saturday, March 22, beginning at 10 o'clock In the morning. This show, expected to be one of the most outstanding In the South, will probably feature the showing of some of the outstanding steeplechase and flat horses in the country, horses that should bang up impressive records during the 1947 season over the circuit. Not only will there be many Camden entries but horses from Southern Pines and Aiken will be shown in the various closes. There will be 19 classes shown. In the morning clas.ses in model hunters, horsemanship for children 12 years of age and under, suitable to become hunters, harness class, horsemanship for children 16 and under, green hunters, children’s hacks, open to horses and ponies IS hands high, lead rein class for children 7 years and under and lightweight hunters. Following the noon Intermission the show will resume at 2:15 with the following classes offered: Flat horses type, steeplechase type, middle and heavyweight hunters, owner's hack class, working hunters, family class, hunter hacks, ladies hunters, hunter stake, and cham pion hunter for Samuel Russell, Jr., challenge trophy. To be won three times by same owner, open to first and second prize winners In light weight banter, middle and heavy weight hunters, working hunters, ladiw banters and hunter stake daks. Winner will receive cham pionship . tsopky Md- ribbott tm4r sectmd place will receive the re serve ribbon. During intermission at noon box Inhches will be available at the ring. Tickets for the show are now available at the Comer Book Store In this city. The executive Com mittee in charge of the show con sists of Mrs. C. P. DuBose, Jr., Mrs. Thomas Waller, Cyril Hariieon and Comdr. Shannon ..Heath.- The horse show committee con sists of Ancrum Boykin, Moultrie R Bums, J. WlUls Cantsy, C. P. DuBose, Jr., Grainger Gaither, Mrs. Helen W. Hanley, Mrs. Dion Kerr, Jr., Richard Kirk, Harry D. Kirk- over, Mrs. Arden Lowndes, Mrs. Rhetta McDowell, Mrs. Dwight Partridge, Clarkson Rhame, Mrs. Marlon duPont Scott, Colonel John Wall and Mrs. David R. WUiiams. ^^nnners of the various classes will receive a trophy and bine rib- innual Spring Rally of the ® Legion department of ^ollna will be held In Co- March 17 and 18. The ntr Jmmander of the American and the president of the * AuxUlary will be the aesu. j^Ung win open March 17 Jreck of the 40-8, foUowed ‘“Unction of new mem- L30 p. m.. In the ballroom effenwn hotel. At tke con- III V* ^“‘^“^tlon ceremonies » dance for Legion- nd members of tke Wom- dunry. All members of the n Legion will be admitted ance on their 1947 Legion Jhlp card. Legionnaires e the privilege of a lady 18. at 10 a.' nu. a post be held, will be highlighted by Junior base- W47, high school on of 1947. ^^V**;*^ 18th, a li«di. 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Presidept •« rtr&i,.?* ‘w ths £2?*: ^**9^ By The President of the United States of America A PROCLAMATION S* ” WHER£l\S the American National Red Croas, traditional friend and counselor of the serviceman and the veteran, furnishes comfort and renewed hope to our sick and wounded in hospitals, and pro vides morale-building welfare and recreational facilities for our oc cupation forces abroad as well as a wide range of services to those returning to civilian life in this country; and WHEBBAS the Red Cross,, chartered by Congress Ud equipped by experience to cope with human needs when disaster'istrikes, per forms its errands of mercy with skill and expedition; and WHEREAS the Red Cross is ^devoting increased Attention to ■ its home-nursing and first aid progr»Bs which are designed through training courses to check the spread ^ disease and ts reduce the frightful toll of accidents; , WHEREAS this organization is entirely depend<pt upon the voluntary contributions of the people of the United S|ste8 in ren dering these services, and has estimated that a miniaum fund of $60,000,000 will be necessary for the implementation ^ its philan thropic program In 1947: i NOW, THEREFORE, I, HARrI^S. TRUMAN. Prudent of the United States of America and President ot the Ameritan National iRed Cross, do hereby designate and proclaim the monih of March 1947 as Red Cross Month and urge every citizen of tbk country to respond generously to this essential, bumantarian caum. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set ay hand and caused the seal of the United States of America to be^ffixed. DONE at the City of Washington this twelfth day bf February, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty-seven and of the IndepeiMenco ot the United States of America the one hundred and aeventy-first. , By the President: HARRY 8. "TRUMAN G. C. MARSHALL, Secretary of State RED CROSS SETS $60,000,000 GOAL FOR 1947 TO CARRY ON WORK HERE AND OVERSEASTt Delegation To Hold I Richards Wants Ovic Carriers To Have Parachutes Representat^e J. P. Richards of Sooth Carolina, while twtlfylng Monday before the house Ihlerstate and foreign commerce committee In support of his bill requiring air carriers to be equipped Nrlth para chutes, asserted that the air lines are criminally negligent in not pro viding this safety facility and that the civil aeronautics authority Is, to say the least, culphable In not re quiring It. "The loss of life In recent air accidents," the representative as sarted, "hM been tragic and Btkg- geiing, and many of these deaths could have been averted If para- ebates had been available and pas- engers Inatmcted how to use them. The time win come, law or no law, when aU air lines will aa a mAttw of connio orty ptr^chutoi for all, bat for the present these people stick their heads In the sand and refnae to ase because they ai« afraid of any Innovattoa which might can to the public’s attention the dangers of air traveL In the meaatlBe, some handreds more people wfll lose their lives becaase dividends seem to be the main con- sMeratkMB of the air lines." j , Richards called to the att«nti<m of the committee that the eaterp& lar dab had endorsed his IHwpoaal. and cited certain air crashes to sgpport of his ooatsntloii. e29 Wm MM Degree Sr;ri;- ■' Kenihaw lodge No. If. A. F. ^ wfll eontor the M. M. degree nnt - - niOiU March 11. to Mao' Etogt la^doek. , ^ All Mtohera aie arged to ha Public Hearing Sat Senator R. M. Kennedy, Jr., calls attention to the meeting of the Kershaw county delegation to be held at the court house Saturday morning at 11 o’clock In the direc tors room for the purpose of dis cussing matters of Interest to the county in general Ohd dr the 'ma'tCerg e^pect^ to come up win eoncera the oensolida- tion of the city and county libraries. Senator Kennedy and House Members Arrmnts and Jones re quest the public to attend this hear ing. Woman Prisoner Does An Atomic Act In Calaboose Demoluhea Twanty - four Panes Of Glass In The County Ja3 Workers Opened Nation wide Fund Appeal on March 1 A young woman, who oonld swear like a trooper, and who had plenty of Initiative to cause con- steraatton in the county jail. Is spending an enforced vacation as a guest of Sheriff Gib DeBmhl In the county castlle. / The young woman, who It Is said halls from the northern part of the county, was picked up by the police after she had orated with vehemence On a down town street comer last Saturday. She waa ask ed to make herself Conspiclona by her absence and promptly refused. Whereupon she was escorted to the city calaboose and later to the county jail. And that is where things broke loose. Twenty-tour panes of glass in the c^I section of tbe jail were shattered. Which at the high cost of glass means a tidy sum for some (mo to pay. . The young woman, arraigned be fore Judge Allison DuBose Monday morning in police court was given the alternative of paying a $50 fine or going to Jail for fifteen days. She chose the latter. She will prob ably remain In a eeU. New Jewelry Shop Thing Of B^uty QuglHy Storu li Omm of Moot Modon fai Tho CooMniniity Messrs. Ben Mkrshidl sad Boy kin Rosboroogh inade their debat as owners of thh he# Qaallty Jasr< elry store, located just ooath of the Camdoa Food 8h<v on Broad street, tost Friday.. The new sttnre, modem to erery detail froia flxtwas to Hghttag ab- etaltotiou, fsatoTos a eoaaploto new line oi jewelry, watehee, etc. 'to addltioa it has a watch* repi^ department whJA to aitoer tlto pesKMMd ■opervteloa of Mr. ] bwroBgh adlo has had yews el perienee In that line pf wHM efMeoddltoYe On March 1 ths American Red Cross through 2,6(K),090 to 3,000,000 volunteer workers asked the pub lic to subscribe $50,000,000 to carry on Ita far-reaching program for the next fiscal year 1M7-48. ” In making the goal announce- .Bto Ctqm-fmrrnut-Ml O’Connor said that Harry D. Gib son of New York City, who headed last year’s campaign, has accepted the fund chairmanship again this year. Nationally known as a philan thropist and financier, Mr. Gibson served with distinction overseas as Red Cross commissioner in West ern Europe and Great Britain for three years from 1942 to 1946. Pointing out the cohtlnolng need for Red Cross services to veterans and servicemen. Mr. O’Connor said: "Never In time of peace has the American Red Cross been called upon to render such extensive ser vices to tbe military forces at home and abroad and to veterans who are now reqalred. "Approximatley 76 per cent ot Red Cross funds are atlll spent to war-related, services st home and overseas. We still have more than 2,900 workers serving outside of tbe United Btstes. As onr woili to army and navy bospltals and othsr Installations gradually deereasea during the next few years, woik (Flip oror to back page) Troy Moore Dies After He Brings Plane To Earth BiwUmt of Mn. a C Hall- man Accoiiq>lislMa Faat Aft«r a llaart Attack Qty Greets DS*. J. -W. (Corbett; Was 84 Yrs. Old Monday Beloved and Honored Citizen Receives Many Birthday Greetings Monday, March 3 was Dr. J. W. Corbett day In Camden. For the day marked the 84th birthday anni versary of the most beloved man in the community^. i' Citizens in all walks of life, civic and service organizations, schools, paid homage to the first citizen of Camden. Dr. Corbett is beloved by every man, woman and child in Camden and vicinity. Public trust and con fidence, plus genuine affection, to gether with the many laudable civic achievements featuring bis life, made his birthday anniversary a city-wide affair. Former mayor, first president of Rotary, one of the ranking medics of the state for many years, this Choraw bom gentleman was Csra- den’s first thought on Monday. Dr. Corbett was the son of Rev. William Bell Oofbett and Sarah Elizabeth Witherspoon Corbett. His father, an eminent ' divine, tutored his son in Latin, Greek, etc. Dr. Corbett entered the Medi cal college of Charleston from whence he graduated in 1884 before he had reached the age of 21. He began the practice of medicine and surgery here in 1884. Several years ago the local post of the American I.,eg1on conferred the outstanding citisen award on Dr. Corbett. While there was no formal ob servance of the 84th birthday an niversary of this eminent octo genarian, Dr. Corbett received many messages of greeting and was pleased with having so many of his admiring friends call to ex tend their fellcltatloBa. CAMDEN TEACHERS COUNCIL SAYS LOCAL LEGISLATORS LOOK WITH FAVOR ON MOVE Jaycees To Offer Gymkhana Event At Kirkwood l^Id Attentioii la Called To Ar rival Of Recruiters From The State g>f Oregon Plenty of Fun PronuMd At Outdoor Classic Slated For March 19 The Camden Junior Chamber of Commerce will sponsor a high class gymkhana event at the Kirkwood polo field on Wednesday afternoon, March 19, according to announce ment from the board of directors of the Jaycee unit. Tlie affair will feature all kinds of amusing and interesting enter tainment features in which horses and mules will play a prominent part. The Jaycee outfit is putting this progiam on in the effort to raise a sizeable fund to represent their ef fort toward the slate orthopedic camp to be hold next summer. Admission to the Gymkhana will be $1.00 for adults and 25c for children. Car Inspection Now In Effect In South Carolina Law Suspended During War Became Operative Again Last Saturday Car Demolished; Three Injur^ |n Apte Crash Flying Machine Leaves Road And Wraps Itself Arovnd Fina Tree Troy W. Moore, brother of Mrs. H. C. Hallman, LytUeton street, this city, who suffered s heart at tack recently while flytng from Cihsrlotte to Lancaster In an air plane, died at the Marion Sims hos pital last Wednesday. Mr. Moore who sncceeded In toading hie plane safely after sof- ferine tbe attack and In crawling some distance for help had suffered Intensely aince being taken to tbe Laaeastor hospital and little hope was entertained for kto recovery He Botfered a aevera paralytic stroke. His feat In landing the plane suc- eesafnlly la a field after his heart attack has eaaaed wide' comment, as It waa the first tnstanoe on ree- ord, where a pilot had done it Mr. aito Mrs. Hallman attended the taneral of Mr. Moore at Lan- easier last Tkorsday. /o/m Blakeneif^ h Operated Upon To Remove Appendix Jotol WakiBay, a member the staff, was oftrated apm OatodsB hospitel Wpdaaaday A Ford automobile was demonlsh- ed and three persons hospitalised se the result of a crash on tbe Camden-Bishopvllle highway a few mllea from the Camden city limits Thursday morning. The car, owned by James Kelley. Route 1, Camden, and driven by Willie Reed, colored. South BToad street, this city, waa completely wrecked. Bllie Tolliver, colored, age 8, and JMtory Joses, age 86. col ored. who were occupanta ot the car, suffered fractures and severe lacerations. Another colored (dilld. riding in the oar, oecaped injury. Reed. It Is claimed, was thrown clear ot the rolUng ear when it left the road, and ran away. Ho was later located at bto home by State Kiihway Patrolman James Ham mond. Tho ear apparoatly waa being operated at a high rate of speed for which It left the highway It Btracic top fttot agalast a thick pine true and Iterally wrapped Itself around the trunk. Spectators were amasod that anyone escaped alive from the rote. County Members wm Meet With Education Group Kershaw county representatives on the council of delegatee of the South Carolina Education aasocia- tlon will meet with other county representatives In a meeting of the conncil at the annual state teach ers* convention In Colambla on March 14. Representatives from Kershaw county are Arthur Stokes, J. O. Richards and P. D. Baird, all ot Camden. ThO council of delegates Is made up of repreeentatlvee from each of the county education as- sectations and is the group which sets the policies and directives fo^ the South Carolina Education ai sodatUm. Nurses Traiiiii^ Course , A nurses training oenrse to be ing offered free of charge five days, a week at the Mather Academy wMh aarse Xx M. Craw ford as taatractor. The hoara are Id-U; Id; 44, and t4. toterested partiaa may arrange Rie luMir meet movenleBt tor them to The state law requiring periodic inspection of all cars that operate on South ^Carolina hldhways Sat urday, March 1, became effective as tbe suspension of the Ifw,* be gun during the war period att(l ex tended last year, lapsed at midnight last Ji'Gldayjilght. J. Stanley Williamson, chief hl|di>- way commissioner, said that an Inspection station would be put in operation Immediately in (Colum bia and the others established es rapidly as possible to carry out the provisions of the law as It obtained in prd-war years. Aa the inspection law has been inoperative so long, it will require some time to get the organisation into proper functioning, Mr. Wil liamson aaid, but tbe atate high way department will begin at on,*e to carry out the law. - The lower house of the general aesembly a few days ago ordered an extension on ths non-inspection period another year. No action hae been taken by the senate, and the highway department thus must be gin to operate. The recently organized Teachers Council of the Camden city schools announces that its members have contacted the Kershaw county leg islators and they have given aa- su ranee that they will eopport Im creases for South Carolina teach ers. Representative J. Clator Arrants has endorsed the full raise request ed In the South Carolina EMuca- tion association sponsored bill and will work for a restoration of the amount reduced in the ways and means committee proposal. Senator Robert M. Kennedy also feels, ac cording to the counatl report, that adequate raises are essential if the better qualified teachers are to be kept. Rep. Arthur Jones indicated that he would have to study the hill further, but that he Intended doing the best possible for the teachers. Mrs. M. L. DuVal, president of tho teachers council, called atten tion to the recent announcement that, recruites from the state of Ore gon would stK>n be in South Caro- • Una offering teachers a thousand dollars more per year that mogt are now receiving, if the fully qualified teacher are to be kept, she stated, the state must be will ing to pay appropriate salarlee. "There is no incentive in re maining in the profession when a teacher with four years of college preparation, additional summers de voted to further study, and a doses years experience finds himself or herself making lees than jm eighth grade boy who slope school to be come a carpenter’s helper. The South Caroline educatSon spon sored bill is one of the most enable nude by any teachers group in the United States and lest than tbe full amount requested will not be acceptabla." Tarhed Aee Wv» CamdenOpenEvent Affair Big Snecess CumdIuB Tdk«a Itaed I# Gain limtoltfht At A Ruftolt Of Finu Opun Tour—aiupt Chartos Farlow of Greensboro. N. C., won the (tomden (VMO <q— golf tournament Wednesday after noon by posting a 141 tor the M holes of play. Skip Atoowader ot Charlotte and Tom Wright of Knox- yUlOk Tenn., posted IM acoree, with Chock Alexander ot Lexing ton. N. C., and Steve Dads of 0am- . djfe following close with 144 edch. Some doubt wasiwing expreaeed wla Moea of Spartaabarg posted a generally around the State House that the senate might not be In clined to go along with the house In asking farther exteuaion because automobile accidents In the atate and the universal desire of groupc and orgaalaationa to promote ef forts to save lives on the state’s highways. George E, Taylor Dies On lliursday; HI Long Period George Edgar Taylor, age 89 years, who has been 111 for the past year, died at his home*, 1701 Broad street, Thursday morning at 1:80 o’clock. Mr. Taylor is survived by bis wife, Mrs. Susie Clybum Taylor, and three daughters, Mrs. Mark Johnson of Charlotte, Mrs. Ira B. Jones of Lancaster and Mrs. C. B. Bolneau of Camden; also one son. Stephen C. Taylor, JaeksonviDe, Florida. Tbe aervlcea will be held from the residence at 4 o'clock Friday afternoon. Burial will take place at (Quaker celnetery. Mr. Taylor has been identified arlth Camden toterests for many years. Hfa was active to civic af fairs and enjoyed the esteem and affection of a wide foUowlng of fiienda. Clothing and Shoev Needed For Boys The Kershaw county departsMnt ot public welfare is badly in need of some good need clothing and shoes for beys between Hhe agea of • and 11 yaara old. Any oontrtbuthms will ha grantiy appreetotad. Gaa 111 or If ommaSmt lau dototof at WfUan Depart—nt to Agiikadtnrul Baldtif. Gi— To Tlio IM Cm 14d. Forman Hayes pt Lancaster, Clarence Ow«w of ItorUnsvIllu, Va.. and Melvin Haa^hlll Of Colnm- bto with 147, Thnrman Edwarde of Winston-Salem, 14d; Paul Weller of Lincoln, Neb., 141; John Davto of Augusta with 160 and Mike Lucas ot Aiken, Jack Hd— ef dtortotte, Leeter Reynolds of Rock Iffll and Joe Worrell of Charlotte with Itl each were In the top bracket Thirty-one profeoalonals competed in the second day of day. Amateur winners were Chock Alexander of Lexington, N. C., with a 144, Ous Novotny of Atlanta, Ou., second, with 147, end Jim Higgins of (Charlotte, third, wlfti 14S. Twenty-five amateurs took part to the action today. Winners in the pro-amateur clas sification were: Melvin Hemphill and Joe Sylvan of Columbia with €2, Hemphill with Joe Jefforte. (Pleaee turn te page eight) Shamrock Dance Event Highlights Social Calendar The Shamrock ban, given next Wednesday evening, March U at the Sarsfleld club, under tbe mn- ploee of tbe Wonun’s AnxUlary of *tbe Camden hospital, promtoet tu be nrtmonneed. sueoees. Already table and anpper reser vations made at the Ctotbee Tiaw indicate that the ball arfll not la^ In attendance. The (tommittee in charge nrgee all who plan te at tend and who have not made table or inppqr recervatlons to do to at once to avoid dla^pointaent''at the eleventh hour. The SanftoM clnb wlQ be ' i»> tractlvely decorated tor toto-eveat, tbe Shamrodc moftf batog mat thruufbont. The colerful badi^ ground tbna paavlde^ with tha fba- asal wear of the gaeeta peMriiae n plotnre kmg to be The Bm Spivay tbe Ihraat Lake Oolimbla wm uMbr Hip tor the ~ *! i\ ' .(■ \J J i * L- ' i ill ■ i 'y - S